Prevention is ‘good value’ for the taxpayer
Investing in preventative mental health services and training at the upcoming Budget, for groups ranging from school children to employees to GPs, could save the country £45billion.
The opposite of depression is play
Allen Baird explores the medicinal value of play and practical ways to incorporate it into working life to help people's mental health.
Exclusive interview: Alastair Campbell – ‘families not equipped for mental illness’
The political strategist, writer and dedicated mental health campaigner speaks to Mental Health Today ahead of receiving an honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Psychiatrists on Monday.
Is mindfulness a passing fad and can it make me feel less stressed?
What is Mindfulness? Does it really help us feel less stressed? This National Stress Awareness Day Julie Jones from Black Dog delves deeper ...
Why does rejection feel so awful?
We talk to therapist Michael O'Sullivan about why being rejected feels so bad and how this is linked to our earliest relationships ...
Police receive new powers to search people with mental health needs
Guidance issued to police today will see many new changes in the way police respond to call outs from December 11. Police will now be expected to "keep" individuals at a 'place…
What we’d like our parents to know about our anxiety and depression
Jacqueline Thetsombandith asks what people would say if they opened up to their parents about their mental health …
Introducing the ‘time union’: How to create a meaningful mental health service without chasing funding
Think about 'thriving at work' - and indeed thriving mental health care - in a different way. A social movement in Coventry have shown how bureaucracy and employer stigma can be…
#MHTchat: you share your personal experience of #mhprogress?
We ask you to share your personal experiences of 'what good looks like' in mental health care
Hundreds of thousands frozen out of work
300,000 people a year lose their jobs after wrestling with long-term mental health conditions, a new report commissioned by the Government has found.